TradeKing is offering a $50 sign-up bonus. We need to open an account with at least $3000 and make 3 trades to earn the bonus. TradeKing charges $4.95 per equity and option trade. Each option contract costs 65 cents.

SmartMoney ranked TradeKing #1 in Customer Service in the SmartMoney June 2008 and June 2010 Broker Survey. TradeKing was awarded the highest five star rating in Customer Service and Trading Tools in the June 2009 and June 2010 Broker Survey. It ranked #1 in Customer Service in the June 2011 Broker Survey and was named overall #1 Discount Broker in the August 2007 Broker Survey as well as overall #1 Discount Broker in the August 2006 Broker Survey.Bonus Conditions

To qualify for this offer, new accounts must be opened and funded with $3,000 or more. A minimum balance of $3,000 is required in the account (minus any trading losses) for 90 days or the credit may be surrendered.

Account funding must occur within 30 days of account opening, and three trades must be executed within 90 days of account opening, for account to qualify.

Offer is not transferable or valid in conjunction with any other offer. Not valid for IRAs or other retirement accounts.

Open to US residents only.

One offer per household.

Other restrictions may apply.

TradeKing will credit your account transfer fees up to $150 charged by another brokerage firm when completing an account transfer for $3,000 or more. Credit will be deposited to your account within 30 days of receipt of evidence of charge. TradeKing reserves the right at our sole discretion to modify or terminate this offer without prior notice.

As soon as you open a TradeKing account, you'll get FREE access to their full suite of professional research and trading tools like MarketGrader Research Reports, Probability Calculator, Profit and Loss Calculator, Stock and Option Screeners, Technical Analysis Tool, Maxit Tax Manager and more. These advanced options tools were a big reason behind Barron's award of four stars to TradeKing, in their online broker survey.

Well, the best way to find out how good things are at TradeKing is to give them a try and pocket the $50 TradeKing Bonus in the process :).

TradeKing is overall ranked as 3rd with excellent customer service and dirt cheap commissions.

FIRE Finance
said...

@FinGeek:Thanks for the pointer :).

Anonymous
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I opened a TradeKing account recently, and so far think it's a really good broker. The customer service is super good, and I like the community. I'm a pretty new investor, and I've gotten a lot of help from their education center, too.

FIRE Finance
said...

@AnonymousThanks a bunch for your feedback. We've been hearing good things about Trade King too.

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